Automatic boost articulation therapy in adults with dysarthria: Acceptability, usability and user interaction.
Background: Imprecise articulation has a negative impact on speech intelligibility. Therefore, treatment of articulation is clinically relevant in patients with dysarthria. In order to be effective and according to the principles of motor learning, articulation therapy needs to be intensive, well or...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Vol. 56; no. 5; pp. 892 - 907 |
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Sep/Oct2021
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